It was Helbo's anger that caused the revolt of the living corpses, something one might have guessed by the connection between the two; But as to what Helmbo was angry about, very few can figure out why.

No, maybe it's just Maca now...... Only then will you know what Helbo is thinking.

"Huh?"

At the moment when the madness of the living corpses suddenly exploded, Maca, who was busy working in the grotto deep in the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest, suddenly paused what she was doing, straightened up slightly, and turned her head to glance south.

"Can't wait?" He pursed his lips, and soon leaned over again to continue his work, only muttering softly, "For a long time, I have been squatting in Buckingham Palace and not coming out, and I was not even moved when I went to the Ministry of Magic...... I'm still wondering how much you can endure it! ”

It can be heard that the tone of Maca's words seems to be very calm, and even the words are obviously disdainful of Helbo.

However, at this moment, the expression on his face was not as relaxed as it was shown in these words—between the slightly furrowed eyebrows, there was an indescribable solemnity imprinted.

After a while, after inspecting all the rule arrays that had been laid out on the floor of this cave these days, Maca finally clapped her hands again, straightened up and muttered to herself while studying her results:

"Damn Helbo, are you angry? I'm not even angry yet...... Tsk, the power that should be given and the power that can be given is now all given...... Let's hope they're all right! ”

Speaking of which, Maca seemed to have thoroughly checked the formation. Then, seeing that he nodded as if he had confirmed something, he immediately put aside the worries in his heart for the time being, took out a very familiar item from the bag on his waist and gently placed it in the center of the formation.

Yes, even if the former dragon's lair was always dark, and Maca had no intention of summoning a magical light source to illuminate it. But the faint glow of the special ink on the ground that drew the runes was enough to tell that it was the mysterious stone box that Maca had taken from Hufflepuff's vault and had once shown to Rowena, the maker.

Just because I don't know what's hidden inside, it will arouse curiosity; Just because the box is engraved with a warning, it will make people worry; Even because the owner who made this stone box said that there was a great disaster hidden in it, it became even more mysterious.

But judging from Maca's time-spanning meeting with Rowena Ravenclaw in the stone chamber at the bottom of the lake, he did not seem to heed the admonition at all.

Is it that Maca doesn't believe in Royna?

No, apparently not – in fact, Maca was deeply sympathetic to Rowena's words.

Maca guessed that there was an extremely terrible danger hidden in this stone box, and it was so high that it could even be said that it directly caused powerful witches such as Rowena to choose to end themselves back then.

Thus, it was then when the apparition of Rowena wanted to mobilize his forces to kill himself...... Or at least when she wanted to seal him away in that stone chamber for good, Maca resisted, but she was not angry at all.

Just as Maca always thought that although Helbo was hateful, he didn't necessarily do anything wrong. Rowena wanted to kill him, but she just made a choice she thought was right.

Now, Maca has his own choices - maybe his idea won't work out, at least it's certainly not a foolproof solution, but he wants to give it a try.

"Bang."

After lowering the crate, Maca's movements did not stop. As soon as he turned around, he took out another thing, and with a wave of his hand, it landed in front of him.

As you can see, this is still something that looks familiar—it's the Devouring Mirror, Helpo's Horcrux.

"Boom-"

Maca stared at the chaotic mirror twice, then suddenly reached out and flexed her index finger on the mirror. Suddenly, a rather dull thud echoed through the empty cavern, buzzing for a while.

"I'm tired of waiting, aren't you?" Maca looked at the mirror and said awkwardly, "Don't worry, the show you've been waiting for so long is about to begin." ”

After the words fell slightly, Maca suddenly took a step back, and stepped directly backwards over the stone box that had been put down just now. And this time, the stone box was immediately exposed to the mirror.

The next moment, Maca suddenly raised her hand and landed on the stone box with a cloud of magical brilliance!

However, there was no sound like a crate shattering - not because of how strong it was, but because of ...... Maca's hand stopped.

Seeing the magic light peeking out of Maca's palm hanging dangerously less than an inch above the surface of the stone box, Maca still hesitated at the moment when she decided to open the stone box.

“…… I had already guessed that it was a trap, but I still had to take the initiative to jump into it, and I don't think I had ever done anything more stupid in my life. ”

He muttered like this, and the next moment, the hand that stopped in mid-air still pressed down hard.

"Click-"

As a cracking sound spread with a clear reflex force, a series of thoughts flashed through Maca's mind like lightning:

Yes, this is undoubtedly a trap laid by Helpo, which seems to be unrelated to each other, but in the end they all come together.

Meteorite, which was brought to Hogwarts by Helpo; the stone box, which he had obtained in the presence of Helbo; Even a Horcrux like the Devouring Mirror, Helbo dared to let him hold it in his hand like that.

Could this be Helbo's self-confidence? Or maybe Helbo couldn't take what he wanted from Maca?

No, it's just a conspiracy that seems to be unrelated, but in fact is tightly linked.

After following these speculations from beginning to end, Maca dared to confirm that she may have been in the game set by Helbo from beginning to end, and never jumped out. Every time you seem to win the other party, or lose half a step to the other party, it is not worth joy or disappointment, because this advance and retreat are all illusions.

The so-called "despicable Helbo" is actually even more "despicable" than everyone imagined.

Until now, Helbo's plan has finally come to the final step with Maca's "cooperation", and this step ...... Whether you advance or retreat, it seems that everything is a foregone conclusion.

Helpo is just waiting, and he just needs to wait...... Because, Maca will open the stone box, just as he planned when he was sealed underground for a thousand years.

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